Progress on Jatropha Test Plantation

This week Jean-Marie and I signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) agreeing to conditions regarding our test plantation. This moves us one step closer to planting.

We have several critical milestones that we need to meet in order to get started:

1. Recruiting farmers and an agronomer in June

2. Preparing the land

3. Plowing the land – June 1st – July 1st and installing the drip irrigation system.

4. Shipping 300 cuttings from Costa Rica by June 20th

5. Gathering cuttings from Burundi

6. Planting begins on July 1st

That means we are now just over 1 month away from the official start date of the project. I will be sending over a digital camera and laptop in late June to allow Jean-Marie to begin taking photos and documenting the test plantation. Once I begin receiving photos, I will provide updates on my blog.

 

John Mann